Definition of struggle

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Struggle (n.) A violent effort or efforts with contortions of the body; agony; distress.

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Strive :: Strive (v. i.) To struggle in opposition; to be in contention or dispute; to contend; to contest; -- followed by against or with before the person or thing opposed; as, strive against temptation; strive for the truth..
Flounce :: Flounce (v. i.) To throw the limbs and body one way and the other; to spring, turn, or twist with sudden effort or violence; to struggle, as a horse in mire; to flounder; to throw one's self with a jerk or spasm, often as in displeasure..
Struggler :: Struggle (n.) Contest; contention; strife.
Stretch :: Stretch (n.) Act of stretching, or state of being stretched; reach; effort; struggle; strain; as, a stretch of the limbs; a stretch of the imagination..
Scrimmage :: Scrimmage (n.) Formerly, a skirmish; now, a general row or confused fight or struggle..
Gainstrive :: Gainstrive (v. t. & i.) To strive or struggle against; to withstand.
Tussle :: Tussle (n.) A struggle; a scuffle.
Contention :: Contention (n.) A violent effort or struggle to obtain, or to resist, something; contest; strife..
Squabble :: Squabble (v. i.) To contend for superiority in an unseemly maner; to scuffle; to struggle; to wrangle; to quarrel.
Scuffle :: Scuffle (n.) Hence, a confused contest; a tumultuous struggle for superiority; a fight..
Throe :: Throe (v. i.) To struggle in extreme pain; to be in agony; to agonize.
Breast :: Breast (v. t.) To meet, with the breast; to struggle with or oppose manfully; as, to breast the storm or waves..
Match :: Match (v.) A contest to try strength or skill, or to determine superiority; an emulous struggle..
Agonize :: Agonize (v. i.) To struggle; to wrestle; to strive desperately.
Fight :: Fight (v. i.) A battle; an engagement; a contest in arms; a combat; a violent conflict or struggle for victory, between individuals or between armies, ships, or navies, etc..
Encounter :: Encounter (adv.) To come against face to face; to meet; to confront, either by chance, suddenly, or deliberately; especially, to meet in opposition or with hostile intent; to engage in conflict with; to oppose; to struggle with; as, to encounter a friend in traveling; two armies encounter each other; to encounter obstacles or difficulties, to encounter strong evidence of a truth..
Victory :: Victory (n.) The defeat of an enemy in battle, or of an antagonist in any contest; a gaining of the superiority in any struggle or competition; conquest; triumph; -- the opposite of defeat..
Flounder :: Flounder (v. i.) To fling the limbs and body, as in making efforts to move; to struggle, as a horse in the mire, or as a fish on land; to roll, toss, and tumble; to flounce..
Buckle :: Buckle (v. i.) To enter upon some labor or contest; to join in close fight; to struggle; to contend.
Plead :: Plead (v. t.) To contend; to struggle.
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